Improved yard for ships



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EDWARD MASTERS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 68,522, dafrl September 3, 1867.

'IMPROVED YARD FOR SHIPS.

'lO ALL WHOMIT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MASTERS, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga., and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Yard for Ships; and I do hereby declare .tl1at the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my Aimproved yard, part of the central part being broken away to show the construction. i v

Figure 2 is a detail cross-section of the same taken through the line x, fig. l.

Similar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved yard for ships, stronger, lighter, more durable, and more easily repaired than those constructed in the ordinary manner, and it consists in an improved yard, iliade in three parts, and strengthened by stay-braces and ring-plates.

A is the central part or hub of the yard, which may be made' hollow, or with a longitudinal hole through its centre, for the reception of the ends of the yard-arms B, which meet in the centre of the said hub A. C are hanged sockets, fitting upon the outer ends of the yard-arms B; and through the flanges or ring-plates c', formed upon or attached to them, are formed holes for the passage oi' the brace-rods D, the other ends of which pass along longitudinal grooves in the central piece or hub A, so as to be flush with the surface of said hub. The brace-rods D -arc secured and strained by nuts screwed upon their ends, or, if desired, heads may be formed upon one end of the said rods, and the vnuts screwed upon their other ends. The central part or hub A is strengthened and the brace-rods are confined to their place by bands E, passing around the ends of said hub, asshown in fig. 1. The bands E are kept from working oh the ends of the hub A by the ringplatcs F, through which the brace-rods D pass, and by which the said plates are held pressed up against theends of the part A'. G are ring-plates, one or 1no1e' of which are placed upon and secured to each of thc arLns B of the yard, to receive the brace-rods D, end thus strengthen the yard. The yard is sustained, connected to ythe rigging, and operated in the ordinary rua-nner.y

VThis construction of the yard also enables thc sailorsto work upon it in reeling and furling the sails, Sto., with more ease and safety, thus enabling them to do their work quicker und better. It also enables any part of the yard that muy be broken or injured to be replnccd without lowering the entire yard.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved yard, made in three pa-rts, A B B, and strengthened by brace-rods D and ring-plates a G F, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose settforth.

EDWARD MASTERS.

Witnesses:

DANIEL STEPHAN, JOHN H. RIKER. 

